28 Umuntfu lolungile ucabanga kucala angakaphendvuli; kodvwa bantfu lababi batfulula bubi ngemilomo yabo.
Nabo phela, babhonsa ngemilomo yabo, emilonyeni yabo kunetinkemba ngobe batsi: “Ngubani losinakile?”
Kukhuluma lokunyenti kubanga kona, ngako umuntfu lohlakaniphile uyawabamba emavi akhe.
Umlomo wemuntfu lolungile ukhuluma lokufanele; kodvwa emavi esikhohlakali ayakhubana.
Bonkhe bantfu labacotfo benta tintfo ngelwati; kodvwa silima sibubeka ebaleni bulima baso.
Emavi emuntfu lohlakaniphile enta lwati lutsandzeke; kodvwa tilima titfulula bulima ngemlomo wato.
Inhlitiyo yemuntfu lohlakaniphile iyakwati kukhetsa emavi, onkhe emavi lawakhulumako ayalandzeleka.
Silima siyabonakalisa nase sitfukutsele; kodvwa lohlakaniphile uyatibamba angatibonakalisi.
Uyamati nje umuntfu lophike kukhuluma angakacabangi? Sincono silima kunaye.
Ungasheshi ukhulume ngemlomo wakho, ungabi nematata enhlitiyweni yakho kutsi ukhulume nome yini kuNkulunkulu. Nkulunkulu usezulwini, wena usemhlabeni, ngako emavi akho akabe mbalwa.
Ungawuvumeli umlomo wakho kutsi ukuholele esonweni, bese ukhuluma engilosini yaNkulunkulu utsi: “Cha, loko ngikushito ngesiphosiso.” Kudzingeke ngani kutsi Nkulunkulu aze atfukutseliswe ngemavi akho nekutsi yonkhe imisebenti yakho ibe lite kuye?
Nine, ntalo yetinyoka, ningakukhuluma kanjani lokuhle nine nibabi kangaka nje? Ngobe umlomo ukhuluma loko lokugcwele enhlitiyweni.
Kepha mngcweliseni Khristu abe yiNkhosi etinhlitiyweni tenu, nimhloniphe, nihlale nilungele kubaphendvula bonkhe labanibuta ngelitsemba lelikini.
Bakhuluma emagama lalite, bayenge ngetinkhanuko nangemanyala labo labasandza kuphunyula kulabedukako.